“Water no get enemy,” the Fela Kuti song goes. I’m reminded of it as I read @pacinthe.bsky.social's moving piece in @cangeo.bsky.social about Bashar Alshawwa and his work to protect what belongs to all. canadiangeographic.ca/articles/wat...

Very proud of this feature, my first for @cangeo.bsky.social, published a few days ago on World Water Day: canadiangeographic.ca/articles/wat...

A terrific piece in @cangeo.bsky.social by @pacinthe.bsky.social

Rep. Ilhan Omar: "The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents."

Look, the “fraud” isn’t fraud, just “crime” isn’t crime. It’s a stand-in for race. To be nonwhite is to be fraudulent, just as it’s a crime to be nonwhite. The press does not have to accept this coded language. Reporters can say what the regime means.

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.

“The student press also fulfilled one of the most important tenets of journalism: making sure those in power were being watched.” Smart take by @pacinthe.bsky.social in @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/when-it-matt...

The gutting of the media industry and harrowing realities facing journalists in Gaza have made it hard for @pacinthe.bsky.social to feel hopeful. In the student press, she's found a model for how to cover this moment with persistence, courage, and accountability. thewalrus.ca/when-it-matters-...

I am watching a session of @amnesty.ca 's Book Club tonight featuring @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social being interviewed by @pacinthe.bsky.social about his father Sen. Murray Sinclair's works.

Special @breachmedia.ca event in Toronto tonight, with 200+ guests to hear @desmondcole.bsky.social invu with @pacinthe.bsky.social and Sonya Fatah about the fab book “When Genocide Wasn’t News.” breachmedia.ca/when-genocid...

@pacinthe.bsky.social had gotten used to the way people walk stoically past each other in Toronto, careful not to interrupt their neighbours’ “highly practised aloneness together.” But in March, she did something that punctured that quiet: she adopted a dog. thewalrus.ca/dog-parks-are-th...

Great stuff as always from @pacinthe.bsky.social I gotta agree. For me they haven't been polarizing (other than the one AI lovers vs AI haters discussion) but I've met a handful of people at the dog park at my girl's building that have turned into legitimate friends over the past 3 years.

Jazmine Sullivan and LL Cool J have both pulled out of performing at the Wawa Welcome America Fourth of July Concert in Philly in a show of solidarity with striking workers

Big congrats to my galpal @pacinthe.bsky.social and all the other Massey Fellows for 2025-26. @masseycollege.bsky.social www.masseycollege.ca/2025/07/02/a...

A war of annihilation is unfolding in Gaza, but you wouldn’t know it from Canada’s establishment media. What they produce isn’t coverage—it’s a cover-up. The Breach is publishing a new book, a call for truth-telling in journalism. Order it here: breachmedia.ca/when-genocid...

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

“Those are my kids. That's my kid on the roof of the fucking demolished building. It's your kid, too... Call me whatever the hell you want. I don't care. [It's the] wholesale slaughter of children. And I'm not going to be complicit in that." Omar El Akkad www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNmQ...

If you missed this excellent online discussion, you can watch the recording now via octopusbooks.ca/amnesty @pacinthe.bsky.social @amnesty.ca

Join @amnesty.ca for an online discussion with award-winning novelist & journalist Omar El Akkad, in conversation with host @pacinthe.bsky.social. Sunday, May 4, 7pm ET Register for the free Zoom presentation at octopusbooks.ca/amnesty

Congrats to my former CBC colleague and “sister” @pacinthe.bsky.social for her nomination from @canadamediaawards.bsky.social for this moving , courageous essay tnq.ca/story/beauti...

Congratulations, @pacinthe.bsky.social! 🎉

My essay “Beautiful Like The Moon” for @thenewquarterly.bsky.social - which names our censorship and failure of language on Palestine - has been nominated for a National Magazine Award. An especially meaningful nod on World Press Freedom Day. Thank you to editors Vinh Nguyen and Pamela Molloy.

🌕 Finalist | Columns & Essays /| #NMA25 Beautiful Like the Moon @thenewquarterly.bsky.social | By @pacinthe.bsky.social 🔗 zurl.co/yg7AT

"The moral component of history, the most necessary component, is simply a single question, asked over and over again: When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?" - Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

While people recognise overt forms of discriminatory over policing - such as stop & search - live facial recognition technology presents a new threat. Black Londoners are disproportionately surveilled, highlighting a growing racial disparity that often goes unnoticed. Terrifying.

Read all of this. c/o @pacinthe.bsky.social thewalrus.ca/dei-was-alwa...

Institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks have always been flawed, but today’s backlash against DEI isn’t about merit. Journalist @pacinthe.bsky.social explores: thewalrus.ca/dei-was-always-f...

Screaming about diversity in @thewalrus.ca: "To many of those who oppose DEI there’s an underlying assumption that Black people, women and gender-diverse people...are somehow less qualified. It’s the inverse that’s true: for many of us, we’ve succeeded *despite* having these overlapping identities."

Voice notes are more than just messages—they’re modern love letters. In the pauses, the meanderings, and the laughter, we share moments that make us feel seen and heard. Read why voice notes are @pacinthe.bsky.social’s ultimate #GuiltyPleasure: thewalrus.ca/my-guilty-pleasu...

Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...

Holding onto @pacinthe.bsky.social’s words: “I’ve stopped looking up for leadership. I’m looking next to me. I’m going where the momentum is. Turn towards the momentum, the good, the dynamic that you want to see more of and support it. The more of us do this, the less risky it becomes.”

In this thoughtful, introspective and incisive speech, edited (slightly) for @jsource.bsky.social, journalist Pacinthe Mattar @pacinthe.bsky.social delves into the Palestine exception and why she is no longer following the pack of journalists who insist on applying it in newsrooms across the country

Thank you @jsource.bsky.social for adapting and publishing my lecture at Carleton University: "Objectivity, Press Freedom and the Palestine Exception." The video has been viewed over 1,600 times - now the text of it will be much more easily accessible for journalists, educators and the public.

“I silently agreed not to talk about Palestine in exchange for a viable career in journalism. "No longer.” @pacinthe.bsky.social on moving past the Palestine Exception: